Since Alex Rodriguez last stepped into a batter's box during a game, Boston and San Francisco have won World Series titles, the New York Yankees missed the playoffs in consecutive years and a new commissioner has taken office.

TAMPA, Fla. — Since Alex Rodriguez last stepped into a batter's box during a game, Boston and San Francisco have won World Series titles, the New York Yankees missed the playoffs in consecutive years and a new commissioner has taken office.
He has...

Alex Rodriguez will skip the New York Yankees' exhibition opener against Philadelphia in Clearwater and is slated to make his spring training debut at Steinbrenner Field on Wednesday.
A-Rod is back from a season-long suspension for violations of...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez will not play in the New York Yankees' exhibition opener against Philadelphia in Clearwater on Tuesday.
Back from a season-long suspension for violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract, Rodriguez...

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees three days ahead of schedule. He spoke for 81/2 minutes about his season-long drug suspension.
But on his first day back with the team since September 2013, he never said why he resumed...

Hank Steinbrenner is looking ahead and not back when it comes to Alex Rodriguez.
Suspended last season for violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract, Rodriguez reported to the Yankees' spring training camp Wednesday at George Steinbrenner Field. A-Rod is trying to return as his 40th birthday approaches in July.
"Hopefully this spring he can contribute, that's the bottom line," Steinbrenner, the Yankees' co-chairman, said Wednesday. "He can hit. He's a natural. Hopefully he can still...

Alex Rodriguez started his second day of workouts at the New York Yankees' minor league complex by hugging Chase Headley, the player signed to replace him at third base.
"He's an excellent addition to our team," Rodriguez said Tuesday. "He had some questions, stuff about hitting, baseball dialogue. That's my wheel house. It was great."
Suspended for violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract, Rodriguez missed all of last season and is trying to return as his 40th birthday approaches in...

Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees three days ahead of schedule. He spoke for 8 1/2 minutes about his season-long drug suspension.
But on his first day back with the team since September 2013, he never said why he resumed the use of performance-enhancing drugs, never explained what he did and avoided getting into any specifics.
"I cringe when I look at some of things I did," Rodriguez said, surrounded by about 40 reporters on the sidewalk outside the Yankees minor league complex. "No...

Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees following a season-long suspension, arriving three days ahead of schedule.
Wearing a green University of Miami sweat suit, Rodriguez arrived shortly before 1 p.m. Monday in a white SUV at the team's minor league complex, a short distance from Steinbrenner Field. New York's position players start workouts Thursday.
After changing into Yankees' shorts and a T-shirt and a spring training cap, Rodriguez worked out for about an hour. He hit six home runs in 71...

A remorseful Alex Rodriguez arrived at Yankees camp Monday, saying he was solely motivated toward earning his keep after making a mess of things in 2014.
"I served a big penalty, personally and professionally," Rodriguez said of the full-season suspension by Major League Baseball for steroids-related offenses. "And now all my focus is on 2015 and trying to make this team."
Three days before the first official workout of Yankees position players, Rodriguez arrived at the team's complex to take a physical...

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees following a season-long suspension, arriving three days ahead of schedule.
Wearing a green University of Miami sweat suit, Rodriguez arrived shortly before 1 p.m. Monday in a white SUV at the team's minor league complex, a short distance from Steinbrenner Field. New York's position players start workouts Thursday.
After changing into Yankees' shorts and a T-shirt and a spring training cap, Rodriguez worked out for about an hour. He...